Urban Sims

Winter, early July.

A cold current entered the country from the north. The cold wind penetrated the bones and the temperature was extremely low.

The heavy snow has not stopped. Starting in June, at least five snowstorms nationwide fell in the territory of the Kingdom of Abdullah, and there are countless small and medium snows.

On the road, there is more than one meter thick snow and ice, like a thick quilt, covering the entire kingdom.

Under such bad weather conditions, the king issued an edict of pardon, and the messenger walked for more than two months before reaching the southern border of the kingdom two thousand miles away.

...

Kingdom South.

Black swamp.

People call it the "demon curse".

There is no grass here, the poison gas is pervasive, the environment is extremely bad, and no creature dares to go too deep.

Even living on the edge of the Black Swamp, people will be unbearable.

Because the land near the Black Marsh is very barren and the yield is very low, you can only feed an adult by planting ten acres of land.

The groundwater under the nearby land is also mostly contaminated with toxins, and drinking directly without filtration can easily cause diarrhea, poisoning and even death.

People living within a hundred miles of the Black Marsh have a shorter life expectancy than the mainland.

As a result, there are few people here and the level of development is very low.

It has also become the best place for the Kingdom to exile criminals.

There is a small place called "Heihe Town" on the fringe of the center of the vast Black Marsh. It has a population of more than 100 households, with a total population of less than 1,000 people ... and most of them are exiles and descendants of exiles.

Heihe Town.

A family led two into the small courtyard, built five three-story wooden houses, and enjoyed the purest well in the town. It was the Leiling family who had been in exile for more than two years.

Over the past two years, the Lei Lin family has more than 30 people, and it can be said that they have lived like a roller coaster.

At first, it was extremely difficult. The Ralin family, which was suppressed by countless nobles, even if it was exiled to such a desperate place as the Black Swamp, the crackdown had just begun.

It is difficult for them to buy food, it is difficult to get directly drinkable well water, and the townsmen often find them troublesome. The cultivated land they receive is also the most remote and barren plot. It is close to the black swamp and has to endure the poisonous gas.

In short, in the first half of the year, they did n’t know how to get through. Everyone, including the family ’s owner Cohen Leilin, lost more than 20 pounds, and there were several family members with poor physique.

despair.

That time was very desperate.

Cohen Raeling, the homeowner who has always been prestigious and unanimous in the family, has been unanimously criticized by his wife Olena, son Roger and Jon, and daughter Ciri. Even his brother, Philemon Ralin said The decision he made was too hasty, the reform plan he came up with was too radical, and offended all the nobility, and ended up like this.

Under many accusations, Cohen Leiling himself was annoyed by his stupidity, and asked himself why his head was hot at the time? Bring the family to this field.

Because Cohen really did not expect that the ending of the Leilin family would be so miserable.

The only maid, Veranie, who has not comforted herself, but has often comforted herself and served her for more than 30 years ... This woman always stands behind him unconditionally.

Cohen also has deep feelings for her, otherwise he will not have a relationship with her, and gave birth to a servant son with an embarrassing status-

Lemorton Ralin.

At the time, Cohen added the name of "Lei Lin" to the name of this newly born servant son, and his wife had a big argument with him and ignored him for a long time.

In the end, Filimon, the younger brother with no heirs, helped to clear the fence, hoping to pass on the child to his name ... so avoiding what his wife Olena thought was "humiliating to me."

So this servant child got a better training environment, and did not put it in the hands of servants to train like other servant children.

Especially after discovering that he has a talent for learning magic, Cohen concealed his wife and secretly withdrew some money to let him develop in that direction.

Lemorton Ralin was also very contentious and soon became a trainee magician.

Cohen was very pleased to see that the swordsman's highly talented eldest son Roger and second son Jon were the best of their peers ... several sons were so good.

but……

Because of his reason, after the Leilin family was exiled by the whole family, Cohen regretted the involvement of his family and several children.

On the other hand, in the desperation of despair, he was also somewhat lucky.

"Fortunately, Lamorton was not in exile. I have at least one son who is safe and worry-free. I hope he ..."

Thinking of this, Cohen's thinking came to a halt, what would he want him to do?

Want him to rescue himself?

This is not possible. A trainee magician is no better than a junior swordsman. What can you expect from him?

"Hopefully he will stay safe, find a good job, marry an ordinary wife, have a few more children, and continue the surname of the Lei Lin family ... that's enough."

Cohen thought so.

The maid Verani prayed three times a day, and prayed begging for her son to be safe.

However, not only Cohen and Villani were surprised, but also his wife Olena and son Roger were also surprised.

The king's "care" came.

His Majesty not only sent two intermediate samurai-level samurai protection, but also sent a lot of food, cured meat, salt and 1,000 gold coins.

"Is it the king's intention to forgive me and reactivate the Lei Lin family?"

Cohen thought so at the time, but it came too fast, right?

This is only the past year.

"No, it's because of your son Lemorton Ralin, he became an intermediate pharmacist, he is very important to the kingdom ..."

The warrior Kitt explained that he also took out a letter and handed it to Cohen: "This is a letter from Lemorton Ralin to you."

Cohen Ralin could not wait to receive the letter, tore the wax seal, and looked at it quickly.

This evening.

The entire Lei Lin family has spent the most exciting and exciting night since exile.

His wife Olenna snorted: "I didn't expect that the kid was very prosperous and suddenly became a pharmacist."

The eldest son, Roger, shook his head and said, "That kid had hidden before seeing me. I didn't see how much he had, he had a talent as a pharmacist?"

The second daughter Ciri held her face with her hands and said, "When I was a kid, the mage holding the talent test stone said, I have both the swordsman talent and the mage talent. Ask me which one to choose? Now. "

The third son Jon ’s face is even more unbelievable, because he is the one who bullied the servant son the most, especially after he became a trainee magician, he became the object of his sword practice, and beat him many times. … "Magician is nothing more than that", Jon will always say that after beating.

"Now that kid ... actually said that the king can forgive us? Just him?"

Jon felt incredible.

As for the maids, Veranie and Philemon Leilin, a **** who thanked the light more sincerely and a smile of relief.

That is from this day.

The survival status of the Leilin family has been continuously improved.

The best house in Heihe Town, the best water well, the best cultivated land, the pocket money of four or five hundred gold coins per month and the protection of two powerful thugs make the Lei Lin family become the one in Heihe Town, no one dares to provoke presence.

The days get more moisturized.

The hope is getting bigger and bigger.

Even more than half a year ago, a batch of work teams sent by the Mainland China Chamber of Commerce and Industry, supposedly to "petroleum", and hundreds of people settled in Heihe Town.

Cohen contacted these craftsmen, and after learning the importance of "oil" from his son Lemmerton's letter, although he thought it sounded a little fantasy, the devil's blood has so many uses?

He was a little unbelieving, but he still used his manpower and material resources to cooperate fully.

The oil in the Black Swamp is innumerable. In more than half a year, the working team of the China Merchants Corps has produced thousands of tons.

After dewatering, high-temperature distillation, condensation and other processes, we obtained a variety of by-products including gas, gasoline, diesel, paraffin, asphalt, etc. ~ www.readwn.com ~ Cohen Lehring also discovered huge business opportunities, because only Paraffin wax, after making candles for sale, they earned hundreds of gold coins.

There is also a gravel road paved with asphalt, which is particularly easy to walk and is an excellent road construction material.

In addition, the gas, gasoline, and diesel that can be burned can be sold to the Continental Chamber of Commerce, and high-brightness glass lamps can be made ... The "devil blood" in the black swamp, although poisonous and harmful, but after processing and utilization, from top to It's all treasure!

In addition, unlike the crops that need to be harvested once every six months, the "devil blood" in the black swamp is almost endless. I do n’t know how many years it can be mined?

In short, after suffering exile, Cohen Raeling, after discovering huge business opportunities in his place of exile, his mentality and thoughts for Black Swamp became completely different.

"If only the land of the Lei Lin family is here."

In the snow-covered world, standing in front of the window, looking at the towering petroleum distillation tower, Cohen's brain often came up with the idea of ​​"frustration" in the eyes of others.

Today, when the king's decree envoy sent the decree pardoning the Leiling family to Cohen.

The middle-aged man took a long sigh of relief after taking the decree with both hands trembling and roughly scanning the contents of his eyes.

"The Leiling family really wants to rise for the fourth time."

"This time, no one can beat the Lei Lin family again!"

"This time, the Lei Lin family wants to be a family that will stand forever in the kingdom!"

"Because of the Leilin family, they have become the best family members since the establishment of the family."

"He is my son ... Lemorton Ralin!"

Closing the edict, Cohen said in his heart.

At this moment, after huge waves and hardships, he was full of pride and pride.